Myanmar’s Arakan Army Denies Link to Muslim Militant Group in Rakhine State
The Arakan Army on Tuesday denied that it is allied with a Rohingya Muslim militant group and objected to a Myanmar government spokesman’s warning to its supporters not to back the insurgent group after it conducted deadly attacks on police outposts in…
MYANMAR REOPENS BORDER GATES, ISLAND RESORTS AS STORM VEERS AWAY FROM SOUTHERN REGION
YANGON, Myanmar, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region authorities, have reopened border gates and island resorts, after the weather bureau lifted its warning on tropical storm Pabuk, Sunday, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported today (Mo…
China Upbeat Ahead of US Trade Talks, But Differences Large
BEIJING China has sounded a positive note ahead of trade talks this week with Washington, but the two sides face potentially lengthy wrangling over technology and the future of their economic relationship.Both sides have expressed an interest in sett…
Rakhine Insurgents Kill 13 Policemen, Injure Nine Others in Myanmar Outpost Attacks
An ethnic Rakhine insurgent group launched coordinated attacks on four police outposts near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh early Friday, killing 13 policemen and injuring nine others, a spokesman for the Myanmar Army said, as violence in restive nort…
MYANMAR STATE CHIEF MINISTER’S CONVOY ATTACKED WITH MINES, NO CASUALTIES
YANGON, Myanmar, A convoy of Myanmar’s Rakhine State Chief Minister, U Nyi Pu, has been attacked with remotely controlled mines, on Yangon-Sittway road, but with no casualties, it was reported, on Wednesday.Three remote-controlled improvised explosive…
From Terror to Triumph: a Young Rohingya Woman’s Journey to the Impossible
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH On the first day of the school year at the Asian University for Women in southern Bangladesh, groups of teenage girls in skinny jeans, sleeveless tops and T-shirts chattered, their laughter carrying through the sticky air.Formi…
SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq to Develop Distributed Ledger Technology for SIX’s OTC Structured Products
NEW YORK and ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today have announced that Nasdaq, in collaboration with its technology partner Chain, will provide distributed ledger technology (DLT) for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for SIX’s OTC structured products business. The solution will integrate with several systems currently managed by SIX […]
DONG Energy and Global Infrastructure Partners to form 50/50 partnership to build German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2
New York, Aug. 07, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DONG Energy, one of Northern Europe’s leading energy groups, and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading independent global infrastructure investor, jointly announced today that Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III), a fund managed by GIP, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in the […]